Amid an ongoing food price crisis, climatechange, and worsening hunger and malnutrition,it is vital to tackle the power imbalances in theinstitutions, policies, regulations, and normsthat affect decision-making about our foodsystems. This briefing note provides a historicaloverview of corporate influence on food systemgovernance, takes stock of the new ways in whichdecision-making processes are being captured,and identifies a path forward to democraticgovernance and corporate accoun